Voice from the Commonwealth
Commentary, World Views and Occasional Rants from a small 'l' libertarian in Massachussetts

"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your council nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
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Monday, September 09, 2002

Bit o' Patriotism coming from an Asian immigrant artist in San Francisco.

A 5-mile ribbon of red, white and blue flapped in the morning breeze beneath the Golden Gate Bridge as some 2,000 volunteers formed a human chain along the coast to remember those who died a year ago in the terrorist attacks.

The banner, containing more than 5,000 American flags, stretched as far as one could see Sunday and took nearly two hours to unfurl — a sight artist Jian-Hai ``Pop'' Zhao has worked much of the year to experience.


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